| Name | CVE-2024-26461 |
| Description | Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.21.2 contains a memory leak vulnerability in /krb5/src/lib/gssapi/krb5/k5sealv3.c. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 1064965 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| krb5 (PTS) | bullseye (security), bullseye | 1.18.3-6+deb11u5 | vulnerable |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 1.20.1-2+deb12u2 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 1.21.3-3 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| krb5 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | 1064965 |
Notes
https://github.com/LuMingYinDetect/krb5_defects/blob/main/krb5_detect_2.md
Fixed by: https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/c5f9c816107f70139de11b38aa02db2f1774ee0d
Codepath cannot be triggered via API calls, negligible security impact
https://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/kerberos/2024-March/023095.html